Biopsy Day

Daniel has been feeling a little off the last couple of months. It hasn't been anything major so we weren't overly worried but because of his father and brothers he's been very careful when it comes to his health (I use to even tease him about being a hypochondriac but never again).

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago he went to the doctor and asked him to run some standard lab tests. A couple days later the labs came back with some abnormal liver functions and an ultrasound was ordered. The ultrasound showed an enlarged spleen and liver.

At this point, lymphoma was mentioned but we were told not to worry quite yet. That is easier said than done. Daniel has been the calm one while I'm up at night worrying for the both of us. A CT scan was ordered and Daniel went to see an oncologist. We were again told that lymphoma was a possibility along with Valley Fever (a lung fungus prominent in AZ). We were certain that it was Valley Fever so when the blood tests came back negative for the fungus we were pretty upset. Then Daniel had a PET scan and the oncologist told him that it was most likely lymphoma.

That brings us to today. Daniel had a biopsy today on a lymph node in his upper thigh. We have an appointment on Friday with the oncologist to go over the results of the biopsy. Hopefully then we will know what kind of lymphoma we are dealing with and what stage it is.

And then we fight!!!